Daniel Mainwaring — Playwright (19)
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The Desperado (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Desperado
director: Thomas Carr actor: Wayne Morris / Jimmy Lydon …
other title: Der graue Reiter
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.
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Powder River (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Powder River
director: Louis King actor: Rory Calhoun / Corinne Calvet …
other title: La Rivière de la poudre / Río de pólvora …
Ex-marshal Chino Bull has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Chino then takes over as the law in town, forming a friendship with gun-man Mitch Hardin and making enemies of the Logan brothers. When Hardin' girl from the east arrives, he makes her pretty unwelcome - as does his new flame, saloon owner Frenchie.
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Roughshod (1949) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Roughshod
director: Mark Robson actor: Robert Sterling / Gloria Grahame …
other title: 渓谷の銃声 / Sin contemplaciones …
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.
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The Tall Target (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Tall Target
director: 安东尼·曼 actor: 迪克·鲍威尔 / 宝拉·雷蒙德 …
other title: 血泊飞车 / Verschwörung im Nachtexpress …
The Tall Target is a 1951 crime film starring Dick Powell as a police sergeant who tries to stop the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at a train stop as Lincoln travels to his inauguration. It is based on the alleged Baltimore Plot.
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The Hitch-Hiker (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Hitch-Hiker
6.8 (8 ratings) director: 艾达·卢皮诺 actor: 艾德蒙·奥布莱恩 / 弗兰克·洛夫乔伊 …
other title: 搭便车的人 / 히치 하이커 …
Two carefree young travellers make the mistake of their lives when they pick up a mysterious, and slightly psychotic, hitch-hiker who never closes his right eye -- even when he sleeps!
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The Phenix City Story (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Phenix City Story
director: 菲尔·卡尔森 actor: 约翰·麦克因泰 / 理查德·基利 …
other title: 凤凰城故事 / 피닉스 시티 스토리 …
In this semidocumentary, an Alabama town is run by a crime syndicate that's grown fat on prostitution and crooked gambling, directed at soldiers from Fort Benning across the river. Lawyer John Patterson, back from the army, is triggered by what he sees to join the reformers with a plan: to run his father Albert for state attorney general. The syndicate responds with escalating violence: is no one safe? Credits preceded by a "newscast" containing spoilers.
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Against All Odds (1984) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Against All Odds
director: 泰勒·海克福德 actor: 杰夫·布里吉斯 / 蕾切尔·沃德 …
other title: 再看我一眼 / 危情 …
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
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Out of the Past (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Out of the Past
8.0 (64 ratings) director: 雅克·特纳 actor: 罗伯特·米彻姆 / 简·格里尔 …
other title: 漩涡之外 / 来自过去 …
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.